Deaf around the World The Impact of Language

Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign languages, and on the social issues and civil rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James Woodward, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed by a response from a pre-eminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Nicaragua, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

Gaurav Mathur is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics at Swarthmore College.

Contributors	p. xi
Introduction: Why Go around the Deaf World?	p. 3
Sign Languages: Creation, Context, Form
Sign Language Geography	p. 19
Response: Some Observations on Research Methodology in Lexicostatistical Studies of Sign Languages	p. 38
Two Types of Nonconcatenative Morphology in Signed Languages	p. 54
Response: Some Observations on Form-Meaning Correspondences in Two Types of Verbs in ASL	p. 83
Sources of Handshape Error in First-Time Signers of ASL	p. 96
Response: Modality and Language in the Second Language Acquisition of American Sign Language	p. 122
Getting to the Point: How a Simple Gesture Became a Linguistic Element in Nicaraguan Signing	p. 127
Response: A Point Well Taken: On the Typology and Diachrony of Pointing	p. 144
Acquisition of Topicalization in Very Late Learners of Libras: Degrees of Resilience in Language	p. 164
Response: A Critical Period for the Acquisition of a Theory of Mind? Clues from Homesigners	p. 184
Interrogatives in Ban Khor Sign Language: A Preliminary Description	p. 194
Response: Village Sign Languages: A Commentary	p. 221
Sign Language Humor, Human Singularities, and the Origins of Language	p. 231
Response: Gesture First or Speech First in Language Origins?	p. 251
Social Issues/Civil Rights
Best Practices for Collaborating with Deaf Communities in Developing Countries	p. 271
Response: Deaf Mobilization around the World: A Personal Perspective	p. 287
HIV/AIDS and the Deaf Community: A Conversation	p. 297
Response: HIV/AIDS and Deaf Communities in South Africa: A Conversation	p. 307
The Language Politics of Japanese Sign Language (Nihon Shuwa)	p. 316
Response: Pluralization: An Altermative to the Existing Hegemony in JSL	p. 333
Social Situations and the Education of Deaf Children in China	p. 339
Response: Social Situations and the Education of Deaf Children in India	p. 352
Do Deaf Children Eat Deaf Carrots?	p. 359
First Response: "We're the Same, I'm Deaf, You're Deaf, Huh!"	p. 367
Second Response: Deafhood and Deaf Educators: Some Thoughts	p. 372
Index	p. 383
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